This year, for her school’s “Crazy Hair Day,” Wride and her mother came up with a creative solution, requiring no hair. Vinanti Wride bought jeweled scrapbooking stickers and adhered the designs, including flowers and an owl, to her daughter’s head.

“She looked in the mirror and said, ‘Mom, this is awesome!’” Vinanti Wride said. “Her friends loved it too.”

According to KSL.com, Wride won her class-based and school-wide “Crazy Hair Day” competitions. After sweeping the competition at her Salem, Utah elementary school, Wride’s school changed the event to a more inclusive, “Crazy Head Day.”

“Gianessa is awesome, she wants people to feel comfortable with who they are; just embrace life and have fun and be fierce and be an inspiration to others,” her mom told KSL.com.